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#2420474 - 06/17/11 11:56 PM

and 8...uh......make that SEVEN tiny reindeer....

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HELENA, Mont. (AP) — A Montana resident says an energy company has identified the cause of a brief power outage as "deer with wings."

This June 15, 2011 photo shows a power company lineman using a pole to remove a young deer carcass that was dropped onto a power line after being snatched by an eagle in East Missoula, Mont. The incident caused a brief power outage. Photo: Lee Bridges / AP

Lee Bridges says she was outside with her dogs around the time the power went out when a NorthWestern Energy truck pulled up, giving her a chance to ask the driver what caused the problem.

She says he pointed up and said, "Apparently, we've got deer with wings."

Bridges looked up and saw a dead fawn on a power line.

It's unlikely the animal had an accident while trying to make like distant-cousin Rudolph. Bridges suspects that an eagle dropped its prey and couldn't retrieve it. The lineman who removed the carcass from the power line said he'd never seen anything like it.

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#2420491 - 06/18/11 05:23 AM

Re: and 8...uh......make that SEVEN tiny reindeer.... [Re: Crappie Luck]

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#2420562 - 06/18/11 08:37 AM

Re: and 8...uh......make that SEVEN tiny reindeer.... [Re: leader]

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WOW!!!

I know nesting osprey and eagles are a problem with powerlines, several powerlines have been "rerouted" when they nested and they have even put in empty poles to attract the birds away from active poles. Never imagined an eagle would want to try to cook its dinner...LOL

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#2420565 - 06/18/11 09:01 AM

Re: and 8...uh......make that SEVEN tiny reindeer.... [Re: 44fanatic]

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Wow I have removed a few squirrels and birds from transformer jumpers but never seen anything like this

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#2420646 - 06/18/11 10:56 AM

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#2420650 - 06/18/11 11:08 AM

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#2420653 - 06/18/11 11:21 AM

Re: and 8...uh......make that SEVEN tiny reindeer.... [Re: Football Hunter]

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